PIAKO.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 932, 13 June 1878, Page 3

PIAKO.

June 8. Since my last communication from this district, satisfactory progress has been made m many ways ; and as a sample I may mention our highways, which our Highway Board have been doing their best to improve. The Tahuroa road leading to Hamilton,which has been open for traffic for some time, has been considerably improved. The opening of this road shortens the distance from the upper part of this district to Hamilton very mnch, and thei distance /will be considerably I shortened still when the road is made through a piece of swamp, which is to be undertaken immediately, I suppose by our friends on the other side of the confiscated line. The road from Cambridge to join this road will soon be completed by the Cambridge District Board, and we will then have easy access j to Cambridge. As will be seen by advertisement m tlie Waikato Times, tenders are invited for the erection of three bridges on the Thames-Piako road. The ditching and road forming between the Piako and Waitoa rivers was let , J iv two sections some time ago The conti actor on section No. 1 has beeu going on with his work 'kaipai,' which is more than can bo said regarding contractor on section No. 2. I may mention that a thousand ponnds have been granted by Government towards the opening up of this road. Another sign of improvement is the number of marriages we have had lately m the district. About three months ago, three of onr bachelors actually went and got married, and a few days ago another three did likewise !— so that marriages and tumours of marriages, building houses, warming and rumours of warming ditto, are all the go. I do not say that this increase of wives, with hearths and homes to defend, has anything to do with a desire among a number of the male portion of the community to form themselves into a ca valry troop, but I do mean to say that the movement is a very suitable one, and ought to be encouraged whatever be the outcome of the present troubles m Europe, as the district is part of the frontier line. Very likely the matter would receive every encouragement if brought under the notice of the proper authorities. — Correspondent.